NSW Property Web Service

Please Note

WGS 84 = GDA94 service

This dataset has a spatial reference of [WGS 84 = GDA94] and can NOT be easily consumed into GDA2020 environments. A similar service with a ‘multiCRS’ suffix is available which can support GDA2020, GDA94 and WGS84 = GDA2020 environments. In due course, and allowing time for user feedback and testing, it is intended that these original services will adopt the new multiCRS functionally.

A land parcel is an area of land with defined boundaries, under unique ownership for specific property rights or interests. A property is something that is capable of being owned, in the form of real property (land). The interest can involve physical aspects, such as the use of land, or conceptual rights, such as a right to use the land in the future. The NSW cadastre is an up to date parcel based land information system which contains a unique identifier which can be linked of interests in land (i.e. rights, restrictions and responsibilities). The cadastre includes a geometric definition of land parcels linked to other records, such as land titles, describing the nature of the interests, the ownership or control of those interests, and often the value of the parcel and its improvements.

A cadastral product or service visualises the boundaries of land parcels, often buildings on land, the parcel identifier, and basic topographic features. The land parcel and property theme provides the foundation fabric of land ownership. It consists of the digital cadastral database and associated parcel and property information.

Datasets: Cadastral Fabric Cadastral Features Property

Purpose: land and property data underpins the economic, social and environmental fabric of Australia and is used, amongst other things, to:

secure tenure for access to capital
define allowable use of land
manage native title, nature conservation, heritage protection, defence, and disaster management
improve infrastructure and property development planning
water and carbon accounting programs

Status: the Spatial Services Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB) maintenance program captures all changes to the statewide cadastral fabric from new survey plans and a variety of other sources.

The DCDB upgrade program is improving the spatial accuracy of the cadastral fabric by using survey dimensions and improved survey control.

Upgrades are carried out together with the relevant Local Government Authority and are further facilitated through the incorporation of data provided by Local Government Authorities, Hunter Water and Sydney Water. Upgrade positional accuracy varies across the state and generally ranges from less than 5m from true position in rural areas to less than 0.2m from true position in urban areas, dependent on the survey control available.

Data quality in both Cadastral Maintenance and Cadastral Upgrade is assured through specification compliance and data topology rules.

Spatial Services is currently undertaking a cadastral supply chain digital transformation initiative thorough the Cadastre NSW Program.

Future Status: NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework 35 Future status Spatial Services continuously updates this theme with information sourced from relevant stakeholders and custodians. The majority of updates to the datasets in this theme originate from subdivision, registration and gazettal activity.

Spatial Services works with Local and State Government to upgrade the accuracy of the DCDB.

Metadata

Type	Web Map Service (WMS)
Update Frequency	As required
Contact Details	Contact us via the Spatial Services Customer Hub
Relationship to Themes and Datasets	Land Parcel and Property Theme of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF)
Accuracy	The dataset maintains a positional relationship to, and alignment with, the Lot and Property digital datasets. This dataset was captured by digitising the best available cadastral mapping at a variety of scales and accuracies, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250 000 according to the National Mapping Council of Australia, Standards of Map Accuracy (1975). Therefore, the position of the feature instance will be within 0.5mm at map scale for 90% of the well-defined points. That is, 1:500 = 0.25m, 1:2000 = 1m, 1:4000 = 2m, 1:25000 = 12.5m, 1:50000 = 25m and 1:100000 = 50m. A program of positional upgrade (accuracy improvement) is currently underway.
Spatial Reference System (dataset)	Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94), Australian Height Datum (AHD)
Spatial Reference System    (web service)	EPSG 4326: WGS84 Geographic 2D
WGS84 Equivalent To	GDA94
Spatial Extent	Full state
Standards and Specifications	Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) implemented and compatible for consumption by common GIS platforms. Available as either cache or non-cache, depending on client use or requirement.
Distributors	Customer Experience & Insights, DCS Spatial Services 346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795
Dataset Producers and Contributors	Cadastral Spatial Programs, DCS Spatial Services 346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795